. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . the quarter-deck with no less good will, andmore pride, than I partook of the general flow of national joy that attendedthe justice that was done to his virtue. * The popular enthusiasm in • Letter to the Duke of Bedford. 394 BURQOYNES DEFENCE IN PARLIAMENT. [1773 favour of Keppel was indeed remarkable. It may be attributed, in part, toa conviction tliat the government waa unequal to the conduct of the people could not be supposed to feel with Burke that Keppe
. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . the quarter-deck with no less good will, andmore pride, than I partook of the general flow of national joy that attendedthe justice that was done to his virtue. * The popular enthusiasm in • Letter to the Duke of Bedford. 394 BURQOYNES DEFENCE IN PARLIAMENT. [1773 favour of Keppel was indeed remarkable. It may be attributed, in part, toa conviction tliat the government waa unequal to the conduct of the people could not be supposed to feel with Burke that Keppel was oneof the greatest and best men of his age ; but they illuminated and riotedfor his acquittal; and his portrait became a favourite sign in town andcountry. Palliser demanded a court-martial upon himself, and received anacquittal of a very qualified character. The extravagant admiration ofKeppel, and the proportionate depreciation of Palliser, may suggest theopinion that admirals and generals may receive a more impartial judgmentfrom their contemporaries by withholding their support from extreme partiesin Admiral Keppel, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. General Burgoyne returned to England in the spring of 1778, Con-gress having consented to give him passports, upon the condition that hewould go back to America, and abide the fate of the rest of the army, shouldtheir embarkation continue to be prevented. He was treated coldly by ourgovernment, and refused admission to the royal presence. A court ofinquiry into his conduct was refused, upon the ground that he was a prisoneron parole to the Congress. As a member of Parliament, he had an oppor-tunity of vindicating the Convention of Saratoga. The blame that had beenattached to him for the employment of Indians in his campaign appears tohave wounded him very deeply. He stated that he always believed theIndian alliances to be, at best, a necessary evil. He had declined their oflfersand solicitations to be employed separa
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